Description
| Product ID: | 9780193533561 |
| Product Form: | Sheet music |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Folk Songs of the Four Seasons |
| Authors: | Author: Graham Parlett |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, 20th century & contemporary classical music, Choral music, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, Choral music, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating for chorus and piano. For this comprehensive new edition, the editor Graham Parlett has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. This edition also makes available new materials for the version for string orchestra and piano, and a new vocal score. for women''s chorus and piano. This cantata features sixteen highly-varied folk song settings, bound together in seasonal groupings to take the listener on an engaging journey through the year from Spring to Winter. The prologue implores us to ''sing and be merry'', and many of the songs facilitate this with their charmingly light-hearted melodies and imaginative orchestral accompaniment. There are also darker moments, such as the haunting and heart-rending setting of ''The Unquiet Grave'' in ''Autumn''. For this comprehensive new edition, the editor Graham Parlett has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. This edition also makes available new materials for the version for string orchestra and piano, and a new vocal score. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-09 |
